The Oxford Book of Death by D.J. Enright

It would also be a good reference book, as Oxford Books are often designed to be yet for some reason I read it for pleasure.Įven if you don’t read it, though I would recommend you do, you could get one for your bookshelf and simply enjoy its awesome presence. ''BUT where is 'The Oxford Book of Life''' a friend quipped when informed of the. While I enjoyed the book and indeed read ever piece compiled in it, it may be wiser for the common reader to simply skim through it as it does get rather thick in parts. In truth, it was heartening, encouraging, and, morbid as it may seem, has assisted me in understanding death via the concepts of thousands of mankind from all over the world that have pondered death before me. It is rather hard to explain why, but the book is not depressing, as one might assume from some a title. Enright compiles both prominent and discreet excerpts of literature and human observance into one book concerning death. Enright, acclaimed editor of The Oxford Book of Death, has turned his attention to the practice of irony and its many manifestations in both.

Scholarly author of The Oxford Book of the Supernatural and The Oxford Book of Friendship, D.J. My only complaint, which I suppose is a matter of personal taste, is that some of the quotes are too long, indeed they are full passages of text that can go on for a page or longer, and I prefer things more concise.The Oxford Book of Death is the greatest title I have ever read. Seller Rating: Contact seller Book Used - Softcover Condition: POOR US 5.96 Convert currency Free shipping Within U.S.A. It's well-organized and indexed, something often lacking in these sorts of compilations. Published by Oxford University Press, 1987 ISBN 10: 0192820133 ISBN 13: 9780192820136 Seller: Bayside Books, Ogden, U.S.A. Some quotes are heartbreaking, some are heartwarming, and most provide interesting food for thought. In just the few months I've had it, it's been a fantastic resource for further reading as well as a source of solace in a time of grief. Its contents were a mystery to me until my mom gave this to me as a resource for my poetry, which often explores death. Enright died soon after putting the finishing touches to this memoir and commonplace book in which he muses upon his own condition and that of the.

Growing up, I assumed it must be like The Egyptian Book of the Dead or the Guide for the Recently Deceased in Beetlejuice, so while curious, I viewed it with trepidation and kept my distance.

Enright published several books for children, including the novels The Joke Shop (1976), Wild Ghost Chase (1978) and Beyond Land's End (1979). His first novel, Academic Year (1955), has been compared with Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim. I have the old hard-bound version, given to my mother after my father died, with passages she underlined and my little sister's crayon scribbles. Enright recreated his own experiences of a British academic in a foreign country.

The Oxford Book of Death by D.J. Enright